Reverse Dictionary: MUTTON

ADJECTIVES
► SWOLED of a sheep: roasted whole in the skin → 1712 Eng. dial.

NOUNS
► AUSSIE STEAK mutton → 1947 US sl.
► BANJO a shoulder of mutton → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BEEMAL lamb → 18C butchers’ back sl.
► BILLY-GOAT mutton served at a meal → World War II US Navy usage
► DOOR AND HINGE the breast and neck of mutton → L19
► FANNY ADAMS tinned mutton → 1889 sl., orig. Royal Navy
► HAND a shoulder of mutton → 1673
► HOCKEY STICK a mutton chop → 1940s NZ sl.
► HOG-SAFF mutton from a sheep that has died a natural death → 1892 Eng. dial.
► MUTTONHOOD the state of being mutton, as opposed to lamb → 1841 humorous usage
► PARK-PALINGS a neck of mutton → L19 sl.
► PARK-RAILINGS a neck of mutton → L19 sl.
► POOR KNIGHT OF WINDSOR the blade-bone of a shoulder of mutton → 19C Eng. dial.
► POOR MAN the blade-bone of a shoulder of mutton → 19C Sc.
► POOR MAN OF MUTTON the remains of a shoulder or a leg of mutton, usually consisting mainly of the blade bone, broiled → 1681 Sc. colloq., obs.
► POPE’S EYE the thread of fat in the middle of a leg of mutton → 1670
► RACK a rib of mutton → 1870 colloq.
► SERGEANT MAJOR a plump loin of mutton → 19C sl.
► SNOB’S DUCK a leg of lamb filled with a stuffing of sage and onions → 19C sl.
► UNCLE SAM a cut of lamb → 20C rhyming sl.
► VENISON OUT OF TUP PARK mutton → L17 sl.
► WABBLER ► WOBBLER a boiled leg of mutton → 19C sl.
► WAISTCOAT PIECE the breast and neck of mutton → L19 sl.
► WOOL WITH THE HANDLE ON a mutton chop → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON
► MUTTON-MONGER 1. a notable eater of mutton → 1609 sl.
2. a butcher, a seller of mutton → 1649 sl. obs.
► SHEEP-BITER a great mutton eater → 1599 obs